Asuncion vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Asuncion	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$847	$610
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2050	$1688
🏠 One person rent	$395	$194
🏘️ Family rent	$686	$299
🍽️ Food expenses	$292	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.8	$66.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$628	$701
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	35	14
😀 Quality of life	58	43
🏙️ Population	462K	9.03M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 39% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6560th and 7898th ($847 vs $610) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 226th in Paraguay and China, respectively. Check Paraguay vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 1.1 months in Zhoukou. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Zhoukou ranked 362nd in China, while ranked 6137th and 7422nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/asuncion/zhoukou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Asuncion vs Zhoukou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/asuncion/zhoukou" target="_blank">Asuncion vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Asuncion vs Zhoukou

Prices for goods and services in Asuncion and Zhoukou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Asuncion	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.77	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$511	$172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$543	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.3	$32.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.5	$50.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.9	$8.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.13%	3.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$3157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1239	$1594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.6	$19.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$2.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$3.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$2.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.35	$26.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$0.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.55	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.8	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.9	$25.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$4.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5515	$18568

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$781
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$809
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$445
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$708
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$491
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$718
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$569
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$437
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$679
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$409
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$709
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$725
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$476
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$500
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$692
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$662
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$614
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$663
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$571
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$683
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$646
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$657
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$597
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$567
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$596
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$669
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$741
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$527
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$636
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$992
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$671
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$686
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$677
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$617
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$538
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$671
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$596
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$508
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$645
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$583

Cities near Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$519
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$567
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$487
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$599
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$504
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$521
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$514
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$516
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$533
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$612
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$457
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$613
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$523
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$520
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$588
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$520
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$596
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$522
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$555
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$529
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$595
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$491
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$575
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$524
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$605
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$502
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$492
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$513
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$513
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$540
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$589
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$533
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$589
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$562
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$593
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$531